Li Huaiyun bowed and asked in a sincere tone, "Your Majesty, is this decision too hasty? It was made rashly without Mu Yuan's consent!"
"Besides, people are living well, why should they be entrusted to me?"
Emperor Zhou Sheng explained, "Isn't this just to fulfill you?"
"Your Majesty, the relationship between the subordinate and the princess is just employment. If there is no such relationship, it is absolutely innocent!"
"You don't need to end the relationship so quickly. I have nothing against you."
It's not over! Why don't you believe me! Li Huaiyun explained again, "Your Majesty, we really have nothing to do with you!"
Seeing that the person in front of him tried to deny it, Emperor Zhou Sheng asked slightly in surprise, "But she obeys your words. You know, even I can't move her!"
"That's just because she needs my help to find out the truth about the death of the princess."
Emperor Zhou Sheng looked at the young man in front of him. It was hard for him to imagine that this man was so confident that he could find out the truth. More than ten years ago, this case was an unsolved case among everyone!
Neither the Ministry of Punishment nor Dali Temple could find out the truth of this case. Mu Yuan always thought that it was me, the emperor, who wanted to protect the murderer, otherwise they would come to investigate.
But the fact is that no one can find out the real culprit behind it.
"Are you really confident that you can find the murderer in this case?"
Li Huaiyun thought for a moment, "Yes, as long as the corpse is dissected tomorrow, the murderer will be found!"
Emperor Zhou Sheng suddenly became curious and asked, "I heard Sikyong tell you about you. I'm very surprised. Where did you learn this?"
Li Huaiyun explained, "My aunt is a doctor, so she has been exposed to this aspect."
"So that's it! I'm really looking forward to you being able to find the murderer of the case, but before that, you have to promise me something."
"I wonder what's going on?"
"After finding the murderer, I must do my best to stop Mu Yuan. This girl has a really bad temper. I'm afraid she will do something outrageous."
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely stop her!"
"Then I'll be relieved! By the way! I'll ask you again, if the princess betroths you, are you willing?"
Li Huaiyun immediately bent down, clenched his fists, and said, "Please, Your Majesty, take back your promise."
"you are not willing!"
"Yes!"
Emperor Zhou Sheng frowned and looked at Li Huaiyun with puzzled eyes. If it had been anyone else, he would have thanked him long ago. After all, it was a matter of reaching the sky in one day, but this person refused, which is a bit interesting.
"What do you mean? The princess is not worthy of you?"
"Or do you think, given your conditions, there are other better options?"
"That's not the case. For me, the princess is indeed the best choice. However, she is the helmsman of the Demon Slayer Division, and we have no such relationship!"
"As long as I say it, it's okay!"
Li Huaiyun explained, "Your Majesty does not know. My parents died at the hands of a demon more than 20 years ago. I swore to avenge them. Therefore, I did not dare to marry until my revenge was avenged." Princess."
He wondered in his heart, what on earth is the emperor thinking about? Why do you have to betroth Mu Yuan to me? Do you want me to look at this woman who looks like a giant baby?
This woman can always be a princess, but her temper is not very good. If there is a quarrel in the future, he has not retaliate. After all, the other party is behind a royal family. This condition is too strong for him!
"Yeah! He is a man with ambition!"
"Besides, the princess is not interested in me. She just wants me to help her investigate the case."
After listening to this, Emperor Zhou Sheng thought carefully for a while and nodded, "Okay! I know what you think, but you still have a good chance. I can see that Mu Yuan's attitude towards you is a little different."
Li Huaiyun could only laugh lightly at this, not knowing what to say.
"Then put this matter aside for now," Emperor Zhou Sheng thought for a moment and then ordered, "You must help me take good care of Mu Yuan! This woman is extremely stubborn and often gets me into trouble!
I saw her special attitude when talking to you, and the relationship between you two is not ordinary. "
"I hope you can take good care of her on weekdays! If you have any requests, you can try to have someone send me a message, and the palace will send you what you need."
Li Huaiyun cupped his fists and saluted, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely take good care of Mu Yuan."
Emperor Zhou Sheng took out a thumb-sized, fiery red jade pendant from his waist and handed it over, "This jade pendant is collected from Chilian Mountain in the northern part of the Great Zhou Dynasty. After a long period of cutting and carving, it is as rare as this." You only need to show this treasure to the soldiers outside the imperial city, and they will take you to a place where someone will pick you up. When the time comes, if you have any situation or needs, just tell that person. !”
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Huaiyun took the jade pendant. This light red jade pendant was engraved with the word "zhou". The surface of the jade was warm and moist, with good light transmittance, and it was also engraved with cloud patterns.
He never expected that during this visit to the palace, he would actually get a jade pendant given by the emperor himself. This jade alone was worth a lot, not to mention that it could send messages.
Li Huaiyun bowed again and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty. I will definitely find the real murderer!"
Emperor Zhou Sheng nodded slightly, "Yes! In the evening, I will go to the room behind the courtyard with Mu Yuan and have a meal together."
"Ah!" Li Huaiyun was a little surprised, "Your Majesty! That's not the place where you and the prince and princess have dinner. I'm afraid it's not appropriate for me, an outsider, to go there!"
"Appropriate!" Emperor Zhou Sheng laughed loudly and patted his shoulder hard, "I just chatted with you again and found that your ideological level is quite high. I asked you to go there this time to meet him. It’s too late, it’s worth a drink for both of us!”
"By the way, help me wait and see. That prince has the appearance of an emperor."
"This..." Li Huaiyun quickly refused, "Your Majesty, what you are talking about now is probably not something that people of our class can discuss. Please go find the Minister! Prime Minister, these high and powerful people, They should know more about this than me and be more qualified than me to do something about it.”
When the emperor said this, did he want to depose the prince?
"You don't need to be too alarmed, I just want you to give me an opinion!"
Li Huaiyun lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, I really can't give you any advice on this kind of matter. I don't know the prince and those people at all, but I still have an idea!"
"explain!"
"According to the rules passed down by our ancestors, I have only one opinion, stand up!"
Emperor Zhou Sheng looked aside, with a dull expression on his face, obviously not interested in this response, "You said the same thing as them!"
Li Huaiyun knew that he couldn't say anything more. Although he was just giving an opinion, he didn't say anything nonsense. This was the foundation of the country. At his level, he couldn't say anything at all.
Although this answer was too mediocre, Emperor Zhou Sheng was still very optimistic about Li Huaiyun and felt that this young man was different from others!
"Okay! I won't force you to say anything. Let's go have a meal together. After we finish eating, I will naturally give the order and you can also be responsible for investigating this case."
Li Huaiyun immediately thanked him, "Thank you, Your Majesty, my subordinates will definitely find the murderer!"
Emperor Zhou Sheng put his hands behind his back and turned to look at the increasingly dark night sky. "After you find the murderer, be sure not to publicize it loudly! This case is a scandal!"
"My subordinate understands!"
"You go find Mu Yuan first, and I'll go change some clothes."
Li Huaiyun got up and walked to the house over there. When he crossed the path on the grass and came to the house, he saw Mu Yuan standing at the door waiting for him.
"Princess!" He waved to Mu Yuan, and then glanced behind her. The house behind her was very exquisitely decorated on the outside, with glazed tiles on the top, and the wood on the door was made of fine agarwood.
Looking from the window on the side, there were many desks inside, and many princes and princesses were sitting at the tables, patiently waiting for the emperor to come.
There was a lot of noise inside from time to time, and the people inside were talking loudly.
Mu Yuan stood in the corridor outside the door and looked at Li Huaiyun, "It's so late, what did Hun Jun tell you?"
"Uh!" Li Huaiyun thought quickly in his mind about what he could say and what he couldn't say. However, such a move immediately aroused Mu Yuan's doubts.
"What's wrong? You can't even say it to me? Don't forget, I was the one who brought you into the palace in the first place!"
"Mu Yuan, you misunderstood, I was just thinking about what to tell you!"
"What's there to think about!"
Li Huaiyun laughed lightly, "There's really nothing to think about. It's just this. The man you keep calling "Hunjun" cares about everything about you! But you still have a lot of prejudice against him."
"Care? When my mother died with her eyes closed, did he care? I have been in the Demon Slayer Division for so many years, and he cared?" Mu Yuan became even more angry when she thought of this. She was also very angry. This man actually dared to speak to Hun Jun!
"Maybe he has some difficulties! He can't tell others," Li Huaiyun explained. "As the emperor, he must always maintain this kind of dignity. This is also quite normal!"
"You just chatted with him for a while, and you completely spoke for him!"
Li Huaiyun shrugged, "Listen to me, don't be so extreme!"
"I'm not extreme!"
Why is it so hard to talk! Li Huaiyun thought to himself, just like killing his father's enemy, is it necessary?
Mu Yuan said with a complaining look, "You know I'm disgusted with that Hunjun, don't say nice things for him in front of me in the future!"
"You should try it too..."
"Shut up! If it weren't for the sake of your investigation of the case, I would have told you to get out! Go in quickly, the Hunjun will be here soon."
Mu Yuan turned around and opened the door and walked in with Li Huaiyun. The room was quite bright with candles. In front of each prince and princess was a desk with something to fill their stomachs.
There were more discussions in the whole room, and everyone seemed to be talking about the princess who had not been home for a long time.
"Fourteenth sister!" The seventh prince stood up from his seat, walked up, and took them to the corner.
Mu Yuan didn't care too much about this, and Li Huaiyun was glad that he was a child and would not receive more attention for this.
Li Huaiyun explained how much better it would be if a simple method was used!
"Thank you, Seventh Prince, for your explanation!" Li Huaiyun sat at the table, not affected by anything at all.
At this time, someone stood up and asked one of the princes to place an additional order.
The Seventh Prince was very enthusiastic about this and called Mu Yuan, "Sister Fourteen! You must not have been here for a long time!"
"Yes!" Mu Yuan replied coldly, "Brother Qi has been doing well recently!"
The Seventh Prince smiled and responded, "Very good!"
